Table 2.  Resident Population of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and 
          Puerto Rico: Census 2000
                                                                Resident
                                                              Population
Area                                                     (April 1, 2000) 

    Alabama                                                    4,447,100
    Alaska                                                       626,932
    Arizona                                                    5,130,632
    Arkansas                                                   2,673,400
    California                                                33,871,648
    Colorado                                                   4,301,261
    Connecticut                                                3,405,565
    Delaware                                                     783,600
    District of Columbia                                         572,059
    Florida                                                   15,982,378
    Georgia                                                    8,186,453
    Hawaii                                                     1,211,537
    Idaho                                                      1,293,953
    Illinois                                                  12,419,293
    Indiana                                                    6,080,485
    Iowa                                                       2,926,324
    Kansas                                                     2,688,418
    Kentucky                                                   4,041,769
    Louisiana                                                  4,468,976
    Maine                                                      1,274,923
    Maryland                                                   5,296,486
    Massachusetts                                              6,349,097
    Michigan                                                   9,938,444
    Minnesota                                                  4,919,479
    Mississippi                                                2,844,658
    Missouri                                                   5,595,211
    Montana                                                      902,195
    Nebraska                                                   1,711,263
    Nevada                                                     1,998,257
    New Hampshire                                              1,235,786
    New Jersey                                                 8,414,350
    New Mexico                                                 1,819,046
    New York                                                  18,976,457
    North Carolina                                             8,049,313
    North Dakota                                                 642,200
    Ohio                                                      11,353,140
    Oklahoma                                                   3,450,654
    Oregon                                                     3,421,399
    Pennsylvania                                              12,281,054
    Rhode Island                                               1,048,319
    South Carolina                                             4,012,012
    South Dakota                                                 754,844
    Tennessee                                                  5,689,283
    Texas                                                     20,851,820
    Utah                                                       2,233,169
    Vermont                                                      608,827
    Virginia                                                   7,078,515
    Washington                                                 5,894,121
    West Virginia                                              1,808,344
    Wisconsin                                                  5,363,675
    Wyoming                                                      493,782

Total Resident Population/1                                  281,421,906

 Puerto Rico                                                   3,808,610

Total Resident Population,
  including Puerto Rico                                      285,230,516

1/  Includes the population of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
NOTE:  Consistent with the January 1999 U.S. Supreme Court ruling (Department
of Commerce v. House of Representatives, 525 U.S. 316, 119 S. Ct. 765 (1999)), 
the resident population counts used in the apportionment population counts do
not reflect the use of statistical sampling to correct for overcounting or
undercounting.
Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau.
Internet Release date:  December 28, 2000